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By Steve Doerschuk

My big brother’s prize for “best costume” at a long-ago downtown Canton Halloween party was a white football signed by the 1964 Browns. He gave it to me a few years ago. The Browns have masqueraded as an NFL team for too many of the years since we
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My big brother’s prize for “best costume” at a long-ago downtown Canton Halloween party was a white football signed by the 1964 Browns. He gave it to me a few years ago. The Browns have masqueraded as an NFL team for too many of the years since we played tackle football in our yard on Sherman Church Road. I have no plans to punt that ball, though.

Dan Fouts is on the Browns-Chiefs game for CBS. Got a call out to Fouts. Hoping to get his take on what in the world the Browns can do about their quarterback problems.

Fouts is a Hall of Fame QB, for you younger folks who might not know.

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We recall Jeff Garcia as the most self-centered quarterback to come through Berea. Good for anybody who is still gung-ho about living the dream at Garcia’s age, but we doubt he would be good for any team this side of the Arena league.

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Brandon Weeden found a quarterback he could beat in a game against the Chiefs last December. Brady Quinn was K.C.’s QB in a 30-7 Browns win.

The biggest loss in Weeden’s career to date came when he couldn’t beat a rookie/injury replacement making his first NFL start.

Had Weeden led the Browns past Washington a week after the Chiefs game, it would have been the Browns’ fourth straight win. Instead, he was badly outplayed by Kirk Cousins.

Now, Weeden is on a seven-game losing streak as a Browns starter.

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Jamaal Charles ran 80 yards to give the Chiefs a 7-0 lead in that December game at Cleveland.

Charles, usually mentioned when we ask Browns defenders about the fastest back in the league, doesn’t have a run longer than 24 yards this year.

Yet, Charles ranks third in the league with 561 yards, trailing only LeSean McCoy (685) and Marshawn Lynch (578). His per-carry average is 4.2, and he has scored six touchdowns.

One of our newspaper stories today is based on a conversation we had with Alex Smith at the Super Bowl. He loves Norv Turner and would have been open to joining the Browns.

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A link to our newspaper/online menu of Browns stories, including the Alex Smith/Norv Turner offering: